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The Role of Allografts in Lower Extremity Reconstruction

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Transplantation of Composite Tissue Allografts

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

    Milton B. Armstrong

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

    Ricardo Jimenez-Lee

  3. General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

    Eddie Manning

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  1. Division of Surgical Research UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medicine Medical School, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey

    Charles W. Hewitt (Professor of Surgery Head) (Professor of Surgery Head)

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    W. P. Andrew Lee (Professor of Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery Chief) (Professor of Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery Chief)

  3. Department of Surgery UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey

    Chad R. Gordon (Chief Resident) (Chief Resident)

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Armstrong, M.B., Jimenez-Lee, R., Manning, E. (2008). The Role of Allografts in Lower Extremity Reconstruction. In: Hewitt, C.W., Lee, W.P.A., Gordon, C.R. (eds) Transplantation of Composite Tissue Allografts. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74682-1_25

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